Creating & editing
Open any article and press Edit. Editing needs a signed-in, verified account — without one you can still open the editor and preview, just not save. (Template pages are the exception: they show their source read-only, since they’re maintained by sysops.)
The editor
You write HonoWiki markup in a code editor — syntax coloring, and problem-checking as you type. Prefer a plain textarea? The Editor selector under the edit box switches to Plain text; the choice is remembered per browser.
Problems that block saving
The editor checks your text as you type and lists what it finds below the edit box — click a problem to jump to it. Saving is blocked until the list is empty. What it catches:
- a
{{Collapse}}with no{{Endcollapse}}(the panel would never close), and the reverse - unquoted named template parameters — write
title="Rome", nottitle=Rome— and quotes left unterminated
It’s a safety net, not a full validator: most markup mistakes don’t block saving, they just render oddly. Preview is the real check — it runs your text through the same engine that renders articles, so what you see is what readers get.
Summaries and sections
- Edit summary — one short line saying what you changed. It shows in the page’s history and the wiki-wide changes feed; future editors (including you) will thank you.
- Section editing — signed-in readers get an
[edit]link on every section heading, which opens the editor on just that section. Saving merges it back into the page.
Edit conflicts
If someone else saves while you’re editing, your save is refused — your text stays untouched in the editor. The notice tells you which revision landed; review it, then save again to apply your version on top.
Creating a page
Create page in the site menu (or the Create it button on a page that doesn’t exist) asks for a title, then drops you into the same editor. Title rules are in Getting started; if the title is already taken, the editor says so — open the existing page and edit it instead.